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,T,rr, G, FE 3 COPIES Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents / Battalion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 187: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1954 Price Five Cents Three Freshmen Confess to Thefts ,? 1 c ^ 1 V BM «x ' wBK'ljH FIREMEN BATTLE $125,000 FIRE—Bryan firemen, brought out by a general alarm fire yesterday at the Lilly Ice Cream Co. and the United Furniture and Appliance Co., battle smoke and flames in an effort to extinguish the blaze which started in the Lilly main- tenance shops. Damage was estimated by the managers of the two companies at about $125,000. Neither plant was fully covered by insurance. RE Week Starts Sunday Ministers’ Talks The first A&M Religious Em phasis week sermon wil be given by Dr. Louis H. Evans at the Sun day morning service of the College Station First Methodist church . This will be the first time in A&M’s history that the first RE week talk has been given in one of the local churches. Evans also will speak at the College Station First Baptist church at its even ing service that day. Other RE week leaders will speak at differ ent College Station churches. Evans, minister at large of t}ie Presbyterian church of Los Angeles, Calif., is principal speak er for the week. He and the other ministers are expected to arrive Saturday night or early Sunday. They will be guests of the col lege at the A&M-SMU basketball game that night in the DeWare Field house. The men will be given a recep tion at the home of President and Mrs. David H. Morgan from 4-5:30 p. m. Sunday. Eat With Corps They will breakfast together each morning in the Memorial Student Center during their stay here. Noon meals will be served to them in Sbisa hall whei - e they will eat with local ministers and mem bers of fhe Inter-Faith council. The ministers will be guests of individual corps units for evening meals. The first Religious Emphasis week service will be held at 11 a. m. Monday in Guion hall. Evan’s topic will be “Are You a Whole Man ?”. Other times and topics are Tues day, 10 a. m.> “How Do You Feel?”. Wednesday, 10 a. m., “What Do You Mean—Christian?”. Thursday, 9 a. m., “Are You Fit To Be Tied?”; and Friday, 9 a. m., “What Will You Do With Your Life?”. Students will be excused from classes scheduled at these times. Weather Today PARTLY CLOUDY Increasing cloldiness late today, tonight and tomorrow with mod erate winds tomorrow. High yes terday 70. Low Ups morning 38. Dormitory religious leaders this year will be the Rev. Everett Y. Seale, First Methodist church, Beeville, dormitory 16; the Rev. John W- Fritts, Episcopal Stu dent Chaplain, Houston, Milner, Leggett and Mitchell halls. Lt. Col. V. Goodhand, office USAF chaplains, Washington, D. C., dormitories 6 and 8; Carl Spain, Central Church of Christ, Houston, dormitory 15 and P. G. hall; the Rev. C. R. Sunday, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church, Houston, dormitory 11. Dr. Hayden Edwards, Poly technic Methodist church. Fort Worth, Hart hall; Dr. Kelly Barnett, Episcopal Theological seminary, Austin, faculty forums in the Biological Science Lecture room; Dr. Sidney Hamilton, North Texas State college, Denton, mar ried students discussions in YMCA chapel. Society to Show ‘Sergeant York’ The A&M Film Society will show “Sergeant York” at 7:30 p. m. tonight in the Memorial Student Center ballroom. Starring Gary Cooper, the Academy Award winning picture is based on the true life story of a conscientious objector in World War I. A foreign film, “Dream No More”, will be shown Monday night and another foreign movie is scheduled for Tuesday, said Jerry Bennett, president. The Rev. D. Redmond, S. W. Texas Conference, San Antonio, Puryear and Law halls; the Rev. Bruce Mclver, Baiptist Student Work, San Marcos,' dormitories 6 and 7; Dr. A. G. Wiederaenders, Texas Lutheran college, Seguin, dormitory 9. Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum, Beth- E1 Congregation, Fort Worth, dormitories 10 and 12; the Rev. Harold G. Brown, Steves Park dormitories 2 and 4. Chaplain Major Robert R. Moss, First Armored Division, Fort Hood, dormitories 1 and 3; Rev. Luther Holcomb, Lakewood Bap tist church, Dallas, dormitory 14; and Dr. Robert G. Gordon, Uni versity of Texas, Austin, Walton hall. Deadline Is Set For Degree Filing March 1 is the deadline for sen iors to file for June graduation, according to James Y. Alexander of the registrar’s office. Those eligible should fill out an appli cation of degree-intent for grad uation at the registrar’s office. Thus application is necessary for the registrar to compile the candi date degree li&t which will appear later in March. Diplomas are ordered from the names on this list. Only those candidates whose names are on the list can order their graduation announcements through the student activities of fice. $2,500 Involved; Cadets Suspended Three freshmen cadets from company G were suspended from A&M yesterday after confessing to thefts totaling near $2,500. Two of them confessed they stole a box of radar equip ment, property of the U. S. Navy, valued at $600 to $1,000. This radar equipment was taken from Austin hall on Jan. 16. Until these men are charged in a state or federal court, The Battalion will refer to them as Cadets No. 1, 2 and Q O. The report made on the investigation revealed: Cadet No. 1, from Sweetwater, confessed to stealing, or Michalske. Dayton Released Mike Michalske and Bill Dayton were released from their present positions yester day, as Paul (Bear) Bryant, new head coach and athletic director, rolled on his way to a near-complete clean-up of the A&M athletic department. Michalske was the Cadet line coach last season, after serving in the same position at Baylor in the 1950-52 seasons. Dayton had been athletic trainer since 1949. In a statement released yester day afternoon, President David H. Morgan said that the two “will be retained by A&M College in some other position until Sept. 1.” No details were given on the ex act nature of their new jobs. Yesterday morning Bryant had announced the appointment of his staff, but no mention was made of Michalske or Dayton. Last night Michalske said, “I think it’s very understandable, don’t you?” He said he had no plans yet. Asked about his new duties, Michalske said, “They haven’t told me.” Dayton said, “I think I would have done the same thing if I was in Bryant’s position. I have no personal animosities,” he said. “I’m just happy they let me stay here as long as they did.” Dayton first learned of his re lease from The Battalion. “It sure was nice of someone to tell me,” (See MICHALSKE, Page 3) Senate Discusses Damages Payment Methods of paying for damages to a truck used during bonfire week were discussed last night by the student senate. Two methods were discussed. These were taking money from the fund taken up for Reveille, and from the dormitory cokei funds. The. senate decided to form a com mittee to study the matter, which were damages of $191.25. Committees were also formed to study a plan to make committee meetings compulsory, and to study improvement of campus mudholes. It’s ‘Simp' Roommate Gets a Name Cadet Clouch’s new roommate can whip out to the other Aggies he meets on his nefarious es capades seen in The Battalion’s daily cartoon feature. Thinks to the more than 500 per sons who entered the contest to select a name for the frizzy-haired Aggie, he now has a name. . It’s “Simp”. The winning name was entered by James D. Johnson, sophomore animal husbandry major from Groesbeck. Judges were James Earle, who draws the cartoon, and Battalion Co-editors Jerry Bennett and Ed Holder. The contest rules specifed that any or all ballots could be disre garded, and the judges took them literally. “Simp” was only entered once, while one name received as many as 64 votes. Like we promised, is was a very democratic election. Johnson can pick up his prize in the Batt office anytime. Four originals of Earle’s cartoons fea turing the roommate and a large picture of “Simp” were the prize. The Aggies had a field day try ing to name the rommate. One eager freshman put in the ballot Sophs to Pick Dance Chairmen Committee chairmen for the Sophomore ball will be named Wednesday. The dance will be April 3 in Sbisa. An orchestra will be named soon. The sophomores will select a class sweetheart at the dance. Five finalists will be chosen from pic tures submitted by members of the class, and the sweetheart will be chosen that night. Pictures may be turned in start ing next week said Jan Broderick, class social secretary. box a list of 45 names, all differ ent. One ballot read “Name him Frank Hill. Submitted by Frank Hill”. Several people asked to have him named after their own room mate. Somebody clipped out a list of Battalion staff members, wrote across the top “take your pick”, and put it in the box. “Wild Root Cream Oil Charlie” also got a vote. A rough tabulation of the ballots is as follows: Hub, 65; John R. Kube, 29 (both obvious cases of ballot-box-stuff ing); Scrounge, 19; Geek, 10; Rod ney' Heath, 9; Hosenose, 8; Man- osos, 7; Crowbar, C; Animal, 5; Spike White, Sack - time, and Grouch, 3 each. Fred Mitchell, James Earle, Jer ry Bennett, and Ed Holder all tied with 5 nominations each. And will the person who cast his ballot on a blank check please come to the office and sign it? helping- to steal, 31 items. Ca det No. 2, from Mamaronelk, New York, was involved in the theft of 33 articles. Cadet No. 3, from Ft. Sam Houston, was in on the theft of 10 articles. S o m e of the thefts took place as far back as October, 1953, and some during the first part of this month. Most of the articles were stolen from the campus, but some of them were taken in other cities. Recommended Suspension Suspension was recommended by Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant, and approved yesterday afternoon by W. L. Penberthy, dean of men. Suspension means a man is eligible to re-enter at some future date. Two other men were involved to a smaller degree with the first three men. Penberthy said he probably would announce his decision on these two men sometime today. However, he indicated their i-oles in the actions were much less than that of the three men already sus pended. “They are less involved than these,” he said. Penberthy said he told the three men to take the things back to their owners. He . said they will have to before “we will let them back in.” Given To Authorities Asked if the case would be turn ed over to the civil authorities, he said, “If the people concerned want to press charges they can.” Penberthy said the government equipment will have to be reported, and he doesn’t know what will be done. “It has been our experience that most people don’t want to give these kids the works when they see the college is going to take some action,” he said. Penberthy said they could be ad mitted to school “when they have learned their lesson. One thing in favor of these kids is they said, ‘We think we got what was coming to us.’ ” The investigation was begun through the efforts of F. A. Vitra- no, commander of company G, and J. B. Hardeway, commander of company I. The report on the investigation was: A number of losses of text books and small items was reported in dormitory 17 during the week of final exams and during the first week of school. These two commanders found in dications that Cadet No. 2 had sold • (See THEFT, Page 2) Junior College Press Meet Starts Delegates representing student publications in 10 Texas junior colleges began arriving on the cam pus today for the First Annual Texas Junior College Press con ference. The conference, sponsored by the A&M Journalism club and directed by senior journalism student Wayne R. Dean, will be held to day and tomorrow in the Memorial Student Center. James Wagner, assistant manag ing editor of the Houston Press, will be principal speaker for the affair. Dean announced yesterday that Wagner is replacing W. R. Beau- mier, who was originally scheduled as the conference’s main speaker. Beaumier, vice president of the Lufkin Publishing Company and publisher of the Lufkin Daily News, became ill this week and was Wayne R. Dean Conference Chairman Hart Receives Help After Fire Losses Eugene Hart, manager of the United Furniture Co., which suffered about $125,000 in fire damage yesterday, has good reason to be thankful to Brazos county residents. Hart said Knox and Stacy furniture stores in Bryan have offered to help him out and keep him from going out of business. “The local companies have been very considerate and I have received offers of trucks to help carry out some of the things we salvaged to warehouses of the other com panies in town”, he said. “People have been very nice ever since they found out about my trouble”, Hart said. Slouch Meets Simp forced to cancel his engagement. This convention marks the first time in the history of Texas junior colleges that their student publi- cath ns have been formed into a united conference. Dean says it is the hope and aim of the A&M Journalism club to make the con ference “an annual co-ordinating factor in improving the quality of junior college student publications. “Naturally,” Dean continued, “we want these colleges to return next year. But what is more im portant to us is that these schools want to return. We are simply sup plying the physical plant and the coordinators for this session. The junioi colleges themselves will of fer their problems, analyze them, and work out the solutions them selves.” Banquet Tonight The conference officially opens with registration of the delegates at 3 p. m. today. Tonight they will attend a banquet in the MSG as sembly room at which time they will be officially welcomed by President David H. Morgan. Wag ner will deliver the after-dinner address Entitled, “It’s A Great Business.” Friday’s scheduled activities will close with a dance in the student center assembly room after the banquet. Newspapers of the attending col leges will be displayed on the sec ond floor of the MSG. Bob Alderdice, senior journalism stu dent from Dallas, is preparing the display. Saturday the convention will be broken down into sessions dealing with problems of student publi cations. The sessions will pertain to such topics as advertising, pro blems of the editor, make-up, re porter, and the yearbook staff. Bing Will Moderate Roland Bing, manager of A&M student publications on leave of absence, will moderate the year book session. Assisting him will be Tom Murray, chief artist of Taylor Publishing Company of Dallas, and Carl Jobe, acting director of A&M student publications. Murray will discuss “Layout In Choosing A Theme.” Moderators for the other sessions will be Jim Ashlock, Hand Baker, Tom Skrabanek, Ed Holder, Jon Kinslow, Bob Boriske, Bob Hendry and Jerry Bennett. Junior colleges attending the conference are Arlington State college, Tarleton State college, De catur Baptist, Wharton Junior col lege, Howard County Junior col lege, Kilgore Junior college, Paris Junior college, Schreiner institute, Southwestern Bible institute and Victoria college. MSC Directorate May Change Form The Memorial Student Center directorate will vote Monday on a proposal that wolld replace its present 13 committees with seven groups. The change is being proposed by a committee assigned to investi gate the organization of the di rectorate. The change will affect the browsing library and junto com mittees, which will be formed with the forum committee into the forum group; the bowling, bridge and table tennis committees which will be combined into the games group; and the crafts, radio, camera and audio committees which will become the hobby group. The dance, house, art and music committees will not be affected by the switch but will only change their names from committee to group. Reason for the change, accord ing to a report of the committee, is the directorate was too un wieldy under the present organi zation to make for efficient ope ration. Spring Enrollment Totals 5,505 A total of 5,506 students have registered hei’e for the spring semester, Registrar H. L. Heaton has announced. This is an increase over the same period in 1953, when the enrollment was 5,457.